Level 99 Trial Theme "Seeking Purpose" - FFXIV OST

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Komentáře • 744

  • @Azdaja13
    @Azdaja13 Před měsícem +2026

    After Athena won Mother of the Year last year, I'm proud to present the Father of the Year award to Zoraal Ja.

    • @Guran.M
      @Guran.M Před měsícem

      Damn Zoraal Ja being a rather shit father but it gets even worse when *HE NAMED HIS SON AFTER HIS FATHER*.
      YOU IDIOT, YOU HAD NO REASON TO DO THAT!

    • @ArCvnDnt
      @ArCvnDnt Před měsícem +225

      Don't forget the Son of The Year: Asahi!
      Man, what a cursed family unit those three.

    • @dood52751
      @dood52751 Před měsícem +271

      @@ArCvnDnt Zoraal can win all Father AND Son AND Brother of the years lol

    • @rognartvedte7906
      @rognartvedte7906 Před měsícem +61

      A triple crown winner.

    • @ampur2
      @ampur2 Před měsícem +73

      Friend of the year Zenos

  • @BobsterLord
    @BobsterLord Před 27 dny +610

    he was so real for consuming the souls of his entire kingdom in response to being asked for to pay child support

    • @jacobkern2060
      @jacobkern2060 Před 17 dny +53

      "But let me get one thing straight, Wuk Lamat. I will never pay." - Vergiil Ja

    • @mikeyfisher4256
      @mikeyfisher4256 Před 14 dny

      Top g moment

  • @Reynsoon
    @Reynsoon Před měsícem +328

    I Will Not Face Myself, In Fact, I Will Actively Make Myself Worse.

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny +47

      Making a conscious decision to be my worst self

    • @RobdeliaYT
      @RobdeliaYT Před 25 dny +46

      Becoming my own opp because none of you cowards are good enough

    • @MarioSonic46
      @MarioSonic46 Před 15 dny +6

      "If I can't be the best, then I sure as hell can be the woooooorst!"
      -JonTron

    • @ThatKirisame
      @ThatKirisame Před 3 dny +1

      He can't face himself, he doesnt even have a second head.

    • @kingnewgameplus6483
      @kingnewgameplus6483 Před 12 hodinami

      His ass is NOT getting a persona

  • @TrionSopdet
    @TrionSopdet Před měsícem +998

    Zoraal Ja really did all of this instead of just going to therapy

  • @silverhand9965
    @silverhand9965 Před měsícem +776

    Guys will literally take over a futuristic kingdom in a time compressed alternate dimension instead of going to therapy

    • @thechampuru
      @thechampuru Před 25 dny +1

      Alexandria wasn't futuristic. Zoraal Ja made it that way using the power by the joining of both worlds.

    • @silverhand9965
      @silverhand9965 Před 25 dny +57

      @@thechampuru The Endless far predate Zoraal Ja, which means they already mastered electrope and soul engineering before he ever made it to the city of gold. We also know for a fact that Everkeep and Solution Nine existed before that too, as we hear plenty about how he came in and changed things in there.
      The arcadion for example was fully functional until he came in and closed it

    • @thechampuru
      @thechampuru Před 24 dny

      ​​​@silverhand9965 Ah I see. I thought Zoraal Ja made Solution 9 that way. I went back and looked to see. My point still stands though, Alexandria wasn't futuristic. ☺ What happens after the calamity created Solution 9, a separate place then Alexandria, as we see it's ruins outside the map area.

    • @FlippyMcGiantDad
      @FlippyMcGiantDad Před 23 dny +17

      @@thechampuru The ruins are only part of the larger city. You can see in the Alexandria dungeon that the people were rebuilding after the second boss and turning the palace in to Everkeep. It's the same place but they abandoned part of the city to focus on what would become Everkeep. During the beginning of the dungeon, before the Storm Surge, people had electrope devices attached to their houses that looked like generators.

    • @Cue-Ball.
      @Cue-Ball. Před 21 dnem +3

      @@thechampuru The super futuristic electrope gate beyond the Skydeep Cenote was there when Galuf, Galool Ja Ja and Ketenramm found it which predates Zoraal Ja arriving by a ton. As Flippy said, they were already in the progress of advancing to that futuristic look way before due to the electrope.

  • @StmaclGaming
    @StmaclGaming Před měsícem +1283

    I love how in the 2nd phase Zoraal Ja's body seems to have a spot for a 2nd head, which is missing. With what we know about his father and applying titles, Zoraal Ja had resolve, but he lacked all reason in his actions.

    • @DigitalCoffee08
      @DigitalCoffee08 Před měsícem +302

      The way it looks is like the head was ripped off too, like Zoraal Ja actively discarded Reason.

    • @Auesis
      @Auesis Před měsícem +267

      It's both the abandonment of reason and a perfect visual to show just how badly he wanted to be better than his father, his very form trying to replicate him

    • @thecatboy7494
      @thecatboy7494 Před měsícem +146

      He saw no miracle in who he was, only the shadow of who he wanted to be, makes sense his twisted final form would resemble a mangled version of his father.

    • @azurekate_
      @azurekate_ Před měsícem +57

      I was too busy having my ass whooped to notice this-glad I came for the music and saw your comment!!!

    • @Invie4196
      @Invie4196 Před měsícem +26

      I only noticed right before he died since I was so focused on not dying

  • @charliemcmillan4561
    @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +393

    huuuge shoutout to zoraal ja's VA for a great performance

    • @Naoto-kun1085
      @Naoto-kun1085 Před měsícem +37

      I loved his voice omg

    • @Thorn16
      @Thorn16 Před 29 dny +40

      Daisuke Ono (Jotaro) kills it also.

    • @WrexsolToob
      @WrexsolToob Před 26 dny +8

      @@Naoto-kun1085 Me too! A very rare case where the voice over elevates the song IMO

    • @darickcastle5371
      @darickcastle5371 Před 25 dny +35

      SUCH MIGHT BEFITS A RULER, BEFITS *ME*

    • @TriangularPrism
      @TriangularPrism Před 25 dny +20

      MINE IS THE PATH

  • @aria1412
    @aria1412 Před měsícem +288

    Being a bad parent seems to come with banger music as a package

    • @desubysnusnu
      @desubysnusnu Před 25 dny +18

      Not the case for Varis 😂

    • @Gaien_
      @Gaien_ Před 21 dnem +6

      Vergil From DMC? 3 Banger Songs!

    • @AtZ-2424
      @AtZ-2424 Před 6 dny

      ​@@desubysnusnu Tho to be fair, Zenos did lend a hand to save the world, not that it justifies much, but at least a decent chunk

  • @ApexGale
    @ApexGale Před měsícem +446

    "Lizard Who Says He Has Nothing To Lose Fails To Realize He Still Has Plenty To Lose"

  • @elduardo2496
    @elduardo2496 Před měsícem +576

    "You WILL pay child support!"

    • @nodot17
      @nodot17 Před měsícem +99

      I am the storm that is escaping
      EVADING parental obligations

    • @jacobkern2060
      @jacobkern2060 Před měsícem +63

      Wuk Lamat: "Tax evasion is a crime, Zoraal Ja!"
      Zoraal Ja: "IT'S AN OBLIGATION!"

    • @OmegaGamer04
      @OmegaGamer04 Před 26 dny

      @@jacobkern2060 They only made it a crime to catch a maffia boss because the government doesn't like competition

    • @7evan
      @7evan Před 18 dny +3

      He is the Vergil of this universe I knew it

    • @RicardoSantos-oz3uj
      @RicardoSantos-oz3uj Před 2 dny

      He gave his son a technological advance kingdom. What else you want him to do?

  • @recuo55
    @recuo55 Před měsícem +690

    Love that if you're doing this fight with npc's, wuk lamat says she has no idea what to do for the 2nd phase mechanics, so she just stands there getting pummeled. In fact, many dungeons and solo duties in the expansion have a lot of funny npc interactions that i love.

    • @SOCOM967
      @SOCOM967 Před měsícem +249

      Ikr! My fav is when Wuk Lamat saw the cris cross blade and just shouted WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING HERE?!?!

    • @auroraboracat26
      @auroraboracat26 Před měsícem +58

      No wonder I was dying I was following her 😂

    • @ubermaster1
      @ubermaster1 Před měsícem +158

      A lot of mechanics that involve dodging, Wuk Lamat comments on it with a funny chide.
      Estinien also helps Alphinaud dodge some moves in this fight and Alisae will jokingly make fun of them for it.

    • @almightyk-fish5272
      @almightyk-fish5272 Před měsícem +207

      @@ubermaster1 Love how Estinien's out here doing raid callouts

    • @nilzero5686
      @nilzero5686 Před měsícem +117

      Eventually she says "no more thinking i'm going with feeling" and that's how i raid savage

  • @LundisQuie
    @LundisQuie Před měsícem +294

    I understand now why Zoraal Ja cut Gulool Ja Ja's throne in half. He just thought a plastic chair would've been better.

    • @amoxcillicpsychosis2967
      @amoxcillicpsychosis2967 Před měsícem +23

      See I knew someone would recognize Vergil!

    • @raiya3721
      @raiya3721 Před 28 dny +11

      "It's Over Zorall, hand over the Yamato!"

    • @LundisQuie
      @LundisQuie Před 28 dny +10

      @@raiya3721 "If you want it, then you'll have to take it"

    • @WalterOfMikado
      @WalterOfMikado Před 27 dny

      ​@@LundisQuieWuk Lamat: "Feeling accepting yet?"
      Zoraal Ja: "Of your new title, or your strength?
      Wuk Lamat: "Both you fucking asshole!"

    • @chaos_blue1089
      @chaos_blue1089 Před 19 dny +13

      ​@@amoxcillicpsychosis2967Okay so let's run down the list
      · Eldest sibling that fights said siblings
      · Has abandoned and harmed his own son
      · Has a second, demonic-looking form
      · Fight him on top of a tower where he has a throne
      · Uses summoned floating swords
      · LITERALLY YELLS WORD FOR WORD "I NEED MORE POWER"
      Close enough hi lizard Vergil

  • @VioletNightmare
    @VioletNightmare Před měsícem +188

    For Zoraal Ja it was the fight of his life. For The Warrior of Light? It was summer vacation.

    • @Kekira
      @Kekira Před měsícem +22

      In the words of Jesse Cox, "I'm on vacation!"

    • @Eriqzzzz
      @Eriqzzzz Před 25 dny +8

      It was a tuesday.

    • @Saihamaru
      @Saihamaru Před 24 dny +16

      WoL didn't even bother using azem's crystal until the 3rd trial...

    • @VioletNightmare
      @VioletNightmare Před 24 dny +1

      @@Eriqzzzz TACO Tuesday

    • @zelohendricks51
      @zelohendricks51 Před 23 dny +3

      Idk. We do get the battle surge mech from the Zenos fight here (our hardest fight yet) iirc so that tells me the isn't so easy "lore wise"

  • @Celis.C
    @Celis.C Před 21 dnem +50

    This OST just _screams_ 'unhinged'. I couldn't think of a more suitable theme.

    • @ReksNuadiah
      @ReksNuadiah Před 2 dny +2

      It absolutely is a different tone to madness, which is usually characterized by the string slide (glissando, from a quick search)
      But this? This is gritty. It's _frustrated,_ angry, bitter and unceasing, answering the almost praising choir and slower bridges with heavy clashing notes that, to me, sounds like a "HELL NO".

  • @saniwa
    @saniwa Před měsícem +298

    this song is so good but the smn portrait has me in tears

    • @JinTekyta
      @JinTekyta Před měsícem +19

      It's a really good one. I use a portrait like that for SMN in PvP.

    • @nenemeia90
      @nenemeia90 Před měsícem +12

      i had to pause the video to have a gooooooood look at that portrait. it's marvelous XD

    • @LowIntSpecimen
      @LowIntSpecimen Před měsícem +3

      oh that is fantastic LMAO

    • @invisibleseeker
      @invisibleseeker Před měsícem

      Is that a mask or something? 😂

    • @_EricN
      @_EricN Před měsícem +2

      @@invisibleseeker It's an ARR book.

  • @hikarumikazuki2892
    @hikarumikazuki2892 Před měsícem +313

    So we can all agree he went Cyberpsycho right?

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny +19

      Soulpsycho

    • @RyoIsamuGaming
      @RyoIsamuGaming Před 27 dny +14


      Cyber Trigger.

    • @asdfaaa1000
      @asdfaaa1000 Před 27 dny

      took too much Prana like Ichiro 😂

    • @ReveredDead
      @ReveredDead Před 19 dny +5

      I swear the developers played Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty when they were making this expansion. Love to see it. CDProject Red and Square Enix. Imagine that as a collab. Even better. Bring Larian studios, Square Enix, and CDPR to the table. They would make an ungodly next level game.

    • @the.duck.is.ronin.
      @the.duck.is.ronin. Před 17 dny +5

      ​@@ReveredDead After seeing the Arcadion plot, this absolutely seems correct

  • @gackybass
    @gackybass Před měsícem +607

    Blue? Deadbeat dad? Has a cool transformation? NEEDS MORE POWER!?
    Square enix: "We have vergil at home"

    • @vyse_versa
      @vyse_versa Před měsícem +5

      underrated comment

    • @JBLZFTW
      @JBLZFTW Před měsícem +70

      You get to the throne and zoraal ja is just sitting on a plastic chair

    • @Harrowing999
      @Harrowing999 Před měsícem +3

      I’m completely unable to see this now and the word shall be spread

    • @paz306
      @paz306 Před měsícem +28

      He literally had a kid with an unknown woman and just left him as well so yeah.

    • @Loispealz34
      @Loispealz34 Před měsícem +26

      That means the Kid is about to become Nero. And considering his adoptive family he might well become a Nero alright.

  • @cotovantre
    @cotovantre Před měsícem +238

    Guys, the way my jaw DROPPED when I heard this theme. This had no business being such a banger.
    Even now I'm --- 👌😤

    • @joelrussell8179
      @joelrussell8179 Před měsícem +11

      I had the exact same reaction when I got to this part. I couldn't believe how epic the music was and I thought : Now that's my kind of boss music!

    • @kotsounuknock4659
      @kotsounuknock4659 Před 29 dny +1

      goosebumps when the blaring started, steel-hardened goosebumps when the beat dropped

    • @scw55
      @scw55 Před 18 dny

      The choir with electro shocked me.

  • @ReksNuadiah
    @ReksNuadiah Před 22 dny +30

    I also just realized, the blue flames(?) on Zoraal on the first phase seem to mirror normal Viper's Reawaken state in appearance - but much darker.
    Wonder if that's a small touch of symbolism, even before he transforms.

  • @LordMoogi
    @LordMoogi Před měsícem +460

    They really told Soken ‘make us a boss theme for an Aztec lizard that turns into cyberpunk Darth Vader’ and just let the man cook

    • @burtwonk
      @burtwonk Před 29 dny +7

      The intro sounded like Bowser’s theme from Mario 64 and I’m here for it

    • @TheDarkFable
      @TheDarkFable Před 27 dny +17

      @@burtwonkNah man you know what this is? This is a Command and Conquer: Red Alert theme

    • @sophiemason8444
      @sophiemason8444 Před 26 dny +18

      Someone in the group my first clear, when he 'kills' Gurool Ja yelled out "NO ANAKIN NOT THE YOUNGLINGS"

    • @ehibun
      @ehibun Před 25 dny +2

      @@TheDarkFable Wait, you're right, I can't unhear the Frank Klepacki crunch now

    • @IvyTinwe
      @IvyTinwe Před 23 dny +1

      @@TheDarkFable 00:56 is clearly from Tron: Legacy

  • @mocmeo4425
    @mocmeo4425 Před měsícem +312

    soundtrack is insane but even more insane is how you are able to see anything with all effect on

    • @stormwings3236
      @stormwings3236 Před měsícem +61

      Madlad cleared dsr and top with full effect, his power is incomprehensible

    • @NoName1462
      @NoName1462 Před měsícem +31

      when you play actively with the effects on you just kinda get used to them and learn to look past them. I play and do everything with effects completely on aswell, I just hate how "empty" every group content feels with them gone.

    • @Wintd1
      @Wintd1 Před měsícem +3

      Your eyes adjust to it after a while.

    • @hiddenmaster6062
      @hiddenmaster6062 Před měsícem +1

      The effects are above ground. They do a very poor job at obscuring the ground, allowing us all to see what's coming.

    • @Bezerker0
      @Bezerker0 Před měsícem +1

      First time on this one was all effects on. Definitely made for a harder fight.

  • @ProfessorHeavy1
    @ProfessorHeavy1 Před měsícem +247

    ZORAAL JA COMING IN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

    • @ngwoo
      @ngwoo Před měsícem +42

      Electrope chair

    • @dragonmangames2523
      @dragonmangames2523 Před měsícem +12

      And here comes Wuk Lamat with the WoL!
      And here comes a second WoL with another WoL!

    • @OmegaGamer04
      @OmegaGamer04 Před 26 dny +2

      @@dragonmangames2523 WoL confirmed to be a self replicating eldritch horror.

    • @dragonmangames2523
      @dragonmangames2523 Před 26 dny +9

      @@OmegaGamer04 Thordan: WHAT are you?!
      WoL: fhgkgksjxmzmc f'tahgn

    • @TheBonkleFox
      @TheBonkleFox Před 20 dny +5

      Plastic Lawn Chair

  • @dloveless3585
    @dloveless3585 Před měsícem +357

    Yakuza, SMT, Metal Gear music, all whilst fighting a Covenant-looking dude.
    I love Final Fantasy

    • @RyoIsamuGaming
      @RyoIsamuGaming Před měsícem +32

      Not to mention the Devil May Cry vibes as he transforms.

    • @Nomadic_Gaming
      @Nomadic_Gaming Před měsícem +4

      the track itself gives me undertale/terraria biblically accurate angel fight but also mechanized

    • @dadkwashere
      @dadkwashere Před měsícem +6

      All amazing soundtracks

    • @12kidcat
      @12kidcat Před měsícem +5

      Don’t forget xenoblade a bit with the monado looking weapon and ouroboros looking form

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +1

      arbiter and vergil's child

  • @Fidel_Cashflow
    @Fidel_Cashflow Před měsícem +82

    you ask a lost man for the way

  • @kainerene9736
    @kainerene9736 Před 18 dny +28

    You have to love that hes copied everything about his father on a face value. Strength, fighting style, appearance, and unweavering resolve. Though in the end, he continued to fall short in everything that truly mattered. In the end he became the shade of his father corrupting the teaching to fit his ambition.

    • @sparthyslaysstuff2405
      @sparthyslaysstuff2405 Před 18 dny +15

      He copies being the ruler of a nation and a father but badly. Most everyone dislikes him in comparison to Sphene and he abandons his child.
      Gulool Ja Ja is a battle maniac but he's got heart and that's what Zoraal Ja discards in singular pursuit of power.
      A ruler without compassion for their people is naught but a tyrant.

  • @BowledOats
    @BowledOats Před měsícem +885

    If your rival is blue, seeks power, tries to surpass his father, is fought on top of a tower, willingly harms his own son, and has a devil looking 2nd form.
    That's not Zoraal Ja, that's Vergil.

    • @nenemeia90
      @nenemeia90 Před měsícem +16

      oh ffs, i totally lost it when i read this LOL IT MAKES SENSE NOW

    • @user-kh2up9my5k
      @user-kh2up9my5k Před měsícem +18

      I definitely AGREE. Also his ost rocks

    • @FrozenSolid90
      @FrozenSolid90 Před měsícem +10

      I have no counter-argument to this.

    • @Heroisback92192
      @Heroisback92192 Před měsícem +14

      Not only that but, the reason he seeks power is to surpass his family and mostly his father. I fucking love this game.

    • @raiya3721
      @raiya3721 Před měsícem +23

      Lizard Vergil.

  • @shadowthehedgehog181
    @shadowthehedgehog181 Před měsícem +47

    "Foolishness, Wuk Lamat. Is rushing in blind all you can do?"

  • @Invie4196
    @Invie4196 Před měsícem +296

    Man when he pauses a second for his son that hit so hard.

    • @Loispealz34
      @Loispealz34 Před měsícem +60

      Now the questions remain. How, who, when and why?
      I mean i do not mind, but the kid kinda came out of left field.

    • @503leafy
      @503leafy Před měsícem +38

      That was the point of no return.

    • @darkuscarlet
      @darkuscarlet Před měsícem +36

      @@Loispealz34 I'm gonna assume futuristic clone technology. They have soul extraction and pseudo-eternal life, doesn't seem too unlikely.

    • @Skijaramaz
      @Skijaramaz Před měsícem +14

      @@Loispealz34 Doesn't seem too unlikely that a handful of Zoraal Ja loyalist Mamool Ja were in Yyasulani (am I spelling that right?) when the Dome went up. Just because we don't see them in the MSQ doesn't mean they weren't there. We see plenty in Tuliyolal, after all, and Xak Tural is right there.

    • @EdgeHeadFUHaters
      @EdgeHeadFUHaters Před měsícem

      @@Loispealz34 Perhaps it will explained in post-Dawntrail MSQ.

  • @SILVERONIN
    @SILVERONIN Před 20 dny +15

    That industrial sound is FILTHYYYY!! I want more of this Soken!

  • @ZephWraen
    @ZephWraen Před měsícem +35

    I love the detail in his transformation's design that his transformed state is a two-headed being but one of those heads is missing. It really fits his backstory of being the "miracle."

  • @FatalFatalisFtFts
    @FatalFatalisFtFts Před měsícem +69

    LET THE VICTOR'S REIGN BE SANCTIONED BY THE BLOOD OF THE FALLEN.

  • @Amenomihashira
    @Amenomihashira Před 15 dny +22

    I love the message behind this being the Level 99 trial. The guy who throws everything away in pursuit of power has literally reached the level limit in most Final Fantasy games, and then loses to people who are higher level than he is.

  • @RaiGreyEepy
    @RaiGreyEepy Před 9 dny +4

    Just came here after beating ex2 and god, the ost slaps so hard

  • @PapaDeusVult
    @PapaDeusVult Před měsícem +91

    The screwed-up part of this theme is that it still has bits of the leitmotif of "Smile" in it. Particularly the part at 1:54 up to 2:12 sounds like the chorus of the song

    • @wefeelgroove
      @wefeelgroove Před měsícem +21

      Solution Nine uses the Smile leitmotif too, so it's eerily appropriate that it appears here considering Zoraal just massacred S9's citizens

  • @SyntaxL
    @SyntaxL Před měsícem +125

    The new Warframe boss is looking pretty dope.

  • @kohlicoide2258
    @kohlicoide2258 Před 20 dny +17

    "Our farming days are over Zoraal Ja, give me the Wings!"

    • @Ra7eNzTH
      @Ra7eNzTH Před 17 dny +11

      If you want it... then you'll have to take it, But you already knew that.

    • @ladyopheliagames
      @ladyopheliagames Před 3 dny

      @@Ra7eNzTH *Gives Zoraal Ja the open palm then waves him over*

  • @EinDahl
    @EinDahl Před měsícem +117

    No part of this trial had any right to go as hard as it did. Listening to the theme while waiting for the queue to pop, having the majority of the party be completely new to the fight, Zoraal Ja's VA knocking it out of the park, the fight itself...when I think back on Dawntrail, this trial experience is what I'm going to remember. Holy shit.

    • @trustytrest
      @trustytrest Před měsícem +7

      Mood. I loved everything about this trial so much. Even the song's name, "Seeking Purpose". They did such a great job portraying both his inner turmoil and just how dangerous he is when on his rampage. A real "force of nature" kind of boss.

    • @BrainiEpic
      @BrainiEpic Před měsícem +3

      IT HAD TO GO THAT HARD. ITS LITERALLY THEIR JOB.

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny

      This was the peak

  • @Icedmindblow
    @Icedmindblow Před měsícem +31

    in terms of music, I dined divinely this expansion.

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +9

      For sure, the music’s been fucking unbelievable in quality, this might be the best soundtrack theyve done yet better than shadowbringers

  • @korygraves6739
    @korygraves6739 Před 28 dny +33

    Give me the Yamato...
    Zarool Ja: If you want it...then you'll have to take it. But you already knew that.

  • @AshP210
    @AshP210 Před 25 dny +13

    Had so much fun with this fight and thought "I'm so glad we've saved the day again and the post-expac stuff can be about helping Sphene"
    But I then realised this was only the lvl 99 fight and we still had one more area to go.

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 24 dny +1

      Theyre both rotten and gotta be uprooted
      Also if you count the endless as people we totally committed genocide, but, I dont count them as people

  • @Nappa9000
    @Nappa9000 Před měsícem +311

    Between this and the dungeon before it, I'm thoroughly convinced Soken and his team have been playing a lot of Yakuza recently

    • @daniel____4236
      @daniel____4236 Před měsícem +39

      Good. Those games have sick af music. Even the spinoff Judgment series has sick music. Kog and Fog are dope af tracks

    • @icathianPLD
      @icathianPLD Před měsícem +16

      This sounds exactly like something that would be in the newer yakuza games

    • @victisomega4248
      @victisomega4248 Před měsícem +1

      I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that, and good on them. Those are great OSTs to pull inspiration from!

    • @Starfang9922
      @Starfang9922 Před měsícem +1

      DUDE!!! I was just saying this to my partner, this bossfight for sure hits heavy Yakuza/Judgment vibes

    • @trueaegisform6811
      @trueaegisform6811 Před 27 dny +8

      This is not Soken tho, This is Takafumi Imamura, please stop sucking Soken off every time there is a song you like, he is not the only person in his team that makes songs.
      And majority of "good ones" these days are made by Takafumi Imamura and Daiki Ishikawa

  • @rodrigosampaio1560
    @rodrigosampaio1560 Před 29 dny +25

    The moment he slashed his son's image I realized he was beyond redemption

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 Před 22 dny +9

      If it makes you feel any better, I think he knew it as well. It was do or die. Literally.

  • @BlazeIgnitus
    @BlazeIgnitus Před měsícem +75

    The beginning of the song, with how it opens, gives me Dark Messenger vibes. Zoraal Ja reminds me of an expy of Kuja, in fact, albeit one who's a warrior instead of a powerful mage. A similar superiority-inferiority complex, a desire to be more than his creator/father, a complete descent into madness with the consumption of souls feeding into that final form, and then in his last, dying moments he does see reason and is... not so much friendly, per se, but is more open about his motivations than he ever was, and does give voice to his regrets. Even the arena makes me think of Memoria in FF9.

    • @JinTekyta
      @JinTekyta Před měsícem +33

      Not to mention that Zoraal Ja's rival is, much like Kuja, his sibling to whom he believes he is superior but is ultimately defeated by.

    • @SweetyMiki
      @SweetyMiki Před měsícem +21

      The elements of his second form seem to take some minor inspirations from Necron. I like how both main antagonists of this expansion reference it. Zarool Ja taking elements from his design, while the final boss (Eternal Queen in Japanese) references Necron's Japanese name, the Eternal Darkness.

    • @BlazeIgnitus
      @BlazeIgnitus Před měsícem +14

      @@SweetyMiki It actually has elements of both Trance Kuja and Necron, if you think of it. Zoraal Ja taking power to far transcend his limits and it causes a physical change, much like how Trance augments and changes the characters in FF9. It's actually kinda interesting.

    • @SweetyMiki
      @SweetyMiki Před měsícem +14

      @@BlazeIgnitus Holy smokes! Yep! Good point you brought up! Kuja was only able to enter Trance by taking all the souls Garland had harvested from Gaia (which had a lot of souls from Alexandria's destruction in disc 3) that had been held within the Invincible. Zoraal Ja did the same in Dawntrail by harvesting all the souls within Alexandria.

    • @Simmons101
      @Simmons101 Před měsícem +4

      Was about to say I've been hearing more Dark Messenger, but I've gotten intense Necron vibes from the wails that come from the beginning of the song.
      Also like Necron's theme it has a very dark tone that hypes and speeds up as it progresses with electronic beats.

  • @termocaos2812
    @termocaos2812 Před měsícem +38

    The music, the gameplay, the ambience, THE LANDSCAPE, this fight had it all, it was purely fantastic.

  • @galloviking4766
    @galloviking4766 Před měsícem +52

    Kudos to the boss for actually making you kneel.

    • @trustytrest
      @trustytrest Před měsícem +8

      Bro did not sugarcoat it

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem

      bro fucking launched you at terminal velocity and knocked you on your ass for a minute while you put your hat back on and dust yourself off

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny +3

      I like to imagine that blast genuinely knocked the whole party on their ass for a good 30 seconds

    • @crowdemon_archives
      @crowdemon_archives Před 27 dny

      Just to get obliterated anyway

  • @Wogle
    @Wogle Před měsícem +69

    Yoshi-P: "So I've started playing Doom 2016-"
    Soken: "Say no more!"

  • @Sassjor
    @Sassjor Před měsícem +23

    I was quite eager to beat this boss, much like the other characters I did wonder why he wanted violence and war so bad, but it’s sort of answered in his second forms design, two heads with one ripped off, he really is resolve without any reason. Perhaps he would of been a better man had he two heads.

  • @viridiangreen2457
    @viridiangreen2457 Před měsícem +93

    3:55 - 4:14
    Insanity Innocence from Shadowbringers!

    • @iaxacs3801
      @iaxacs3801 Před 22 dny +4

      I was gonna say Deep Drive from Kingdom Hearts 2. But youre right as well

  • @TheBubbeloo
    @TheBubbeloo Před měsícem +20

    Zoraal Ja was feeling MOTIVATED in this fight.

  • @Kaptitanbear
    @Kaptitanbear Před měsícem +30

    thank you for keeping things sapoiler free as can be my friend you are a godsend

  • @charliemcmillan4561
    @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +10

    30 years of prep 600 years of prep no one outpizzas the hut (we’re the hut)

  • @axelsdestiny5206
    @axelsdestiny5206 Před měsícem +15

    In other duties I’m trying not to die by wiping the tears away from my eyes. In this one I was trying not to die by head banging so hard.
    This music is such a banger.

  • @christranter2512
    @christranter2512 Před 27 dny +14

    You know...when I think of the music for a fight against a...
    Aztec lizard man who becomes a cyborg king of a dimension hopping civilization going through roid rage from absorbing too many souls
    I did not think this. But it's perfect.

  • @ManeEdge
    @ManeEdge Před měsícem +37

    Zoraal Ja's Japanese voice is Jotaro from JoJo's and Erwin from Attack on Titan, just think about how hard his voice acting goes

    • @ovum
      @ovum Před měsícem +13

      Can't. The EN voice cooked way harder (and with accent)

    • @ManeEdge
      @ManeEdge Před 29 dny +7

      @@ovum I respect your opinion (even if it's objectively wrong)

    • @nararanaraiii2022
      @nararanaraiii2022 Před 29 dny +1

      ​​@@ManeEdge I respect both of you guys opinions, both have merit, played in JP but I hella agree the English Zoraal Ja VA outclassed everyone in the expansion, even the main characters (in English)

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny +5

      You could really hear the bitter hatred his english VA killed it

    • @KogashiwaKai
      @KogashiwaKai Před 25 dny

      Eh he is a good VA but he really hammed it up in places to the point it was comical

  • @kaseyj979
    @kaseyj979 Před měsícem +8

    Having finished the story and all duties, this is by far and away my favorite and the best track of DT

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +1

      It was the first trial in got to use my lv100 machinist abilities and i was headbanging the entire time while high as fuck, this was DT’s peak

  • @Mexican_Sunbro
    @Mexican_Sunbro Před 27 dny +6

    I did this with Duty Support first and it was such an incredible fight. Then I got it on my first Trial Roulette at level 100, and now I'm scared of that Roulette.

  • @voistar5387
    @voistar5387 Před 26 dny +6

    I think I might rate this as my favorite second trial of any expansion MSQ. The build up to it was great, Zoraal Ja had interesting development with how we learned what his true goal/character flaw was (The Weight of Expectations), music is amazing, fight is amazing, and the fact that his transformed form shows he is all Resolve and no Reason (or he potential killed it since it looks severed) is just an amazing visual touch.

  • @cobbil
    @cobbil Před 7 dny +2

    Note: In the second phase when he pulls us into that dimensional space for the platform mechanics, the skybox is the Historia Crux from XIII-2. It explains the key and the other plot relevant issues around it perfectly.

  • @LightKeyDarkBlade
    @LightKeyDarkBlade Před měsícem +64

    This has to be Takafumi Imamura and it actually fits so well and perfectly portrays the power-hungry Zoraal Ja. The chaotic nature is also conveyed at 2:35 and it's pretty neat. It also seems like it's a pretty long track since it loops at 4:14.

    • @catsubi_
      @catsubi_ Před měsícem +4

      When I first heard this, my mind went straight to “The Black Wolf Stalks Again” (which he also arranged)

  • @SpaceManFive
    @SpaceManFive Před měsícem +27

    This is what we'd have if Virgil looked like a reptillian Galvatron.

  • @5ulrich
    @5ulrich Před měsícem +22

    This electric guitar/drums drop at 1:00 hits sooooo hard

  • @SneakyMuffin
    @SneakyMuffin Před měsícem +37

    I can't get over his second phase look. Thematically it's so good with him lacking what was known as the head of Reason on his father. And it implies he somehow stole his Father's soul, or at least the Head of Resolve's, which could've also led to the incomplete transformation.

    • @Kekira
      @Kekira Před měsícem +10

      He lost his corporeal form. This form is completely a reflection of how he sees himself.

  • @poeticthief
    @poeticthief Před 19 dny +8

    Close enough. Welcome back Vergil.

  • @RatTalisman
    @RatTalisman Před měsícem +12

    Battle enters second phase:
    "Now I'm motivated."

  • @kaseyj979
    @kaseyj979 Před měsícem +15

    This has to be the heaviest FF track since Otherworld when you fight Sin in 10.

    • @keeng
      @keeng Před 15 dny +1

      Put some respect on Sephirot.

    • @leon24832
      @leon24832 Před 15 dny

      FF13 2 Chocobo theme (the red one)

  • @AraArandom
    @AraArandom Před 27 dny +6

    You know, when I saw this fight I thought to myself "oh yeah, those first phase mechanics are sweet, hope they expand on those in the EX"
    And then I progged the EX.
    I regret it. Vollok will follow me in my nightmares

  • @seablade214
    @seablade214 Před měsícem +5

    I was hoping with all the IX stuff we would get something that went hard like Dark Messenger does with a bit of rock. Oh man did this go even beyond.

  • @Sasha.Sanguine
    @Sasha.Sanguine Před 22 dny +6

    Bro straight up turned himself into a warframe burning through all those souls.

  • @CyberSoldier101
    @CyberSoldier101 Před měsícem +81

    I dont think a villain in XIV has made me so irrationally angry (Not in a badly written way). When he tried to harm his own son, I started seeing red and every fiber of my being wanted to skin him alive.

    • @zanaduz2018
      @zanaduz2018 Před měsícem +30

      When he *tried* to harm the kid?! My brother, he choked out the boy during the cutscenes before this trial, and then the phase shift has him slice through the image of the kid just before changing form… he already jumped past that barrier.

    • @ExaltedUriel
      @ExaltedUriel Před měsícem +20

      I felt a similar anger towards Zoraal Ja, one of the most infuriating types of villains to me (again, not in a badly written way) are ones like him where they'll go on about honor and surpassing someone in a "fair fight" while simultaneously using cowardly tactics and cheat powers. Like even after 30 YEARS to prepare, Gulool Ja Ja straight up beats him even in his old age, if it weren't for the regulator he'd be done right there.

    • @kurosakikun96
      @kurosakikun96 Před 24 dny +3

      Pretty much, talking to friends in game I did nothing but talk down on him from the moment he killed Gulool Ja Ja, basically saying if he was going to act like a spoiled brat desperate for attention then that's how I was going to treat him ​@ExaltedUriel

  • @MrDanios2
    @MrDanios2 Před měsícem +43

    4:32
    "hey dad how was work-"

  • @LettyWhiterock
    @LettyWhiterock Před 11 dny +2

    Funnily enough, I find the volok and blade warp segments to be harder in normal than in the EX

  • @mymicart
    @mymicart Před měsícem +15

    2:35 - 3:15 is definitely my favorite part.

  • @TellisTorterra
    @TellisTorterra Před měsícem +28

    This was so damn fun! The music. The mechanics. All of it

  • @tatsurose
    @tatsurose Před 28 dny +13

    I was jamming out hard to this song mid fight yelling "Imamura I know this banger was all you" and then dying cause I still have no clue how to read the second phase

  • @FrozenSolid90
    @FrozenSolid90 Před měsícem +10

    One thing I only noticed after the fight, but he has a stump of a second neck in his second form... To some extent, he's still trying to be Gajuul.

  • @StmaclGaming
    @StmaclGaming Před měsícem +90

    How I imagine the development of this expansion went;
    The rest of the team: Yeah let's have a lighthearted adventure with happy characters for once. Give the WOL a break.
    Soken: I have made a song for a boss fight!
    Yoshi.P: Cool let's hear it!
    Soken: *Blasts this song*
    Yoshi.P: ...fuck this song is too good... let's add the remnants of a long destroyed reflection trying to invade and kill everyone to fuel their immortality with technology that even the Allagans would do a double take at!!!
    The rest of the team: *sighs intensify as they open the trauma drawer once more.*

    • @DanTalksGames
      @DanTalksGames Před měsícem +5

      Everyone is raiding Ishikawa's desk for notes.

    • @chaptap8376
      @chaptap8376 Před měsícem +5

      "Let's have the WoL speak to Wuk Lamat during this quest."
      "You pointed at every single quest this expansion."
      "I didn't stutter."

  • @colinbrown74
    @colinbrown74 Před 26 dny +4

    HIS IS THE PATH! HIS IS THE POWER!

  • @Graficcha
    @Graficcha Před 28 dny +4

    Because this sounds so much like it's meant to have vocals in places I did a bit of digging. Lyrics mapped from 'Smile', this really seems to be the Angsty Version of the same vocal melody:
    0:35
    At the crossroads standing here
    Not a star in the sky to guide me tonight
    Ever lost in loss and fear
    Deep in darkness drown my cries
    1:54
    All this pain inside of me
    Don't know where it starts or when it'll end
    Try to tend the agony
    As I close my eyes and scream to the wind

  • @hideharu-xiii8852
    @hideharu-xiii8852 Před měsícem +3

    Zoraalgil from the hit game Dawn May Cry.
    Real talk though this fight is so sick. Love the transition scene showing how far Zoraal Ja has gone on his twisted path.

  • @dnawulf3212
    @dnawulf3212 Před měsícem +6

    Goddamn this be hard af. Excited to get to this part and get the context once I get to play DT (after irl is kinda settled) and the EX

  • @Aluranae
    @Aluranae Před 26 dny +4

    These dudes really went 'You know what? What if you fought Queen Brahne?' for how Zoraal Ja and Gulool Ja plays out.
    And then gave the Brahne equivalent the rawest track, a cyberpunk lizard makeover, and fifteen quintillion complexes.

  • @charliemcmillan4561
    @charliemcmillan4561 Před měsícem +5

    this fucking ROCKS oh my god they cooked so hard, i legitimately headbanged the entire fight

  • @lordsaladito
    @lordsaladito Před 19 dny +5

    Bro did a 30yo plan just cause of pitynees due to not winning a tourney.
    What a chad

  • @warmachine5835
    @warmachine5835 Před měsícem +5

    "Wake the fuck up, SAM. We have a city to burn."

  • @Nomadic_Gaming
    @Nomadic_Gaming Před měsícem +9

    arbiter meets virgil azz lines from him at the start
    its awesome

  • @zodzecht
    @zodzecht Před měsícem +2

    Say what you want about the story but something about this ost feels very classic final fantasy, from the jaunty town and early area themes to the otherworldly techno/classical themes. Well played imo

  • @Pincsi01
    @Pincsi01 Před měsícem +5

    Whoah dt music goes hard, can't wait to get here. Just started dt msq though, gonna take a while

  • @nezrafallon4086
    @nezrafallon4086 Před 22 dny +4

    When I was early on in the dawntrail MSQ, I for some reason kept thining of Saren from mass effect 1 when I saw Zoraal Ja
    When he showed up covered in cybernetics, beating the crap out of Gulool Ja Ja, I was surprised.
    When this music started playing in the trial, I became fully convinced that the devs/soken played mass effect 1 recently

    • @crowdemon_archives
      @crowdemon_archives Před 9 dny

      Worst part is Zoraal Ja lost to Gulool Ja Ja in the first encounter lmao
      Only after he revived and caught Gulool Ja Ja off-guard then we managed to wound the old man.

  • @irithider1078
    @irithider1078 Před 29 dny +4

    Looking at these comments Im glad to see I'm far from the only one who saw him as gecko Vergil

  • @SilenceSilver
    @SilenceSilver Před 19 dny +3

    The slaps hard, just like Zoraal Ja does

  • @Adorablybadmemes
    @Adorablybadmemes Před měsícem +4

    Name of the Song is 'Seeking Purpose', it drops from his EX trial

  • @manizard2472
    @manizard2472 Před měsícem +8

    That summoner portrait 😮

  • @_lizziee
    @_lizziee Před měsícem +7

    Literally cried whenever Gulool Ja was on screen, so for Zoraal Ja to nearly choke him THEN swipe him...absolute hatred 🤬 edit - Also thank you Shtola for guiding me through this fight npc mvp 🙏

  • @danielfernandes7970
    @danielfernandes7970 Před 14 dny +2

    If I ever become a villain, this will be my theme

  • @daedelous7094
    @daedelous7094 Před měsícem +5

    This theme SLAPS very hard, it's almost as if Jo Sawashiro is being challenged for most incredible boss theme of 2024. Yes, Brutality - Rebuild-, hell it would fit one of the more active combat classes like viper on this fight.

  • @balanceofjudgement4282
    @balanceofjudgement4282 Před měsícem +14

    Its like combining the Suiccide Mission from Mass Effect 2 with Doom , all in one vibe. Somebody check Soken for hacks. That man doesn't miss.

  • @plazmadood
    @plazmadood Před měsícem +5

    It was 6 in the morning but this song had me wide awake.

    • @charliemcmillan4561
      @charliemcmillan4561 Před 27 dny

      Same lmao i was super duper high as well, AND it was the first time I got to use my lv100 machinist ability in a fight, i was so wired

  • @serisothikos
    @serisothikos Před měsícem +9

    This music goes so, so hard.

  • @shadowthehedgehog181
    @shadowthehedgehog181 Před 23 dny +5

    I liked the part when he becomes Urizen Ja Ja

  • @midnightjay
    @midnightjay Před 27 dny +2

    This track though like damn. I remember just jamming to it before queuing for the trial lol So good